Alan Jackson
Alan Jackson

I like to write sad songs. They're much easier to write and you get a lot more emotion into them. But people don't want to hear them as much. And radio definitely doesn't; they want that positive, uptempo thing.

Amy Macdonald
Amy Macdonald

A lot of people in the music business are a bit doom and gloom, People say it's probably easier to write sad songs than it is to write happy ones, so that's maybe why. I just wanted to be a bit positive about things rather than always being negative.

Anderson East
Anderson East

As a solo artist, it's so easy to be lumped into a singer / songwriter genre and writing sleepy, sad songs that are very emotionally rich that mean a lot to you, and people just get kind of tired.

Ashley Monroe
Ashley Monroe

When my dad passed, there's a lot of sadness right below the surface, and I think there will be until the day I die. So, writing sad songs helps it. And when I sing them, it's pure therapy for me.

Beth Ditto
Beth Ditto

I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy songs sound really sad.

Bob Livingston
Bob Livingston

I don't wanta do any Blues or any sad songs.

Caitlin Rose
Caitlin Rose

If I could be more vague I'd write more about people in my life, but I hate hurting feelings or making people feel uncomfortable. I've done that before. Unless they're sad songs. Those get finished fast, but the mean ones often end up at the back of the bottom drawer and it's probably for the best.

Chris Young
Chris Young

Everybody has their favorite sad songs. That's part of what I love so much about country music. Country music is never afraid to go with a sad song.

Darlene Love
Darlene Love

When people come and see me, I want them to experience joy. I don't do any sad songs in my show. It's to lift the spirit.

Dean Lewis
Dean Lewis

I've been writing a lot of sad songs, and I got to the point where I was like, 'You can't write another one or you're lying.'